¿qué opináis de este articulo?

http://elmundo.es/elmundo/2003/07/11/sociedad/1057920937.html

¡Es buena cosa que no hicieron la misma pregunta a los ciudadanos americanos!

hey everybody

ummm...english please

hey everybody

booklady
hehe

if it werent for these perky gremlins
i would have seemedto be like one of those racist gringos down in california.

Viajo con un grupo de estudiantes cada verano. Los directores de los viajes nos dijeron que en los paises donde se habla un idioma derivido del alemán, a lo mejor vamos a encontrar a gente que tambien hable inglés. En Italia, Francia y España, nos avisaron que era menos probable poder sobrevivir usando sólo inglés. Francamente, en mi experiencia, encontré a más gente capaz de hablar el inglés en Holanda que en cualquier otro país.

Please, Spanish language in the Spanish language foras and English language here in the English language foras. Thanks!

Sincerely, MadridMan

Sorry...thought since this started in Spanish the author had meant for it to go into the Spanish language discussion section!
I pretty much agree with the article. I don't think that Spaniards in general speak other languages as much as people in other countries do. I have to say the same for France and Italy as well. Yes, certainly folks who work in the tourist industry speak English, but I can't say that the average guy on the street is likely to speak English. I can't say whether or not they are likely to be fluent in other languages, though. Maybe they all speak French!
I think it is a blessing that they didn't take the same survey in the US! I am not even sure that folks in the tourist industry here speak anything but Spanish and English. I don't know what someone from another country would do if s/he didn't speak English!

You're so right, la Maestra. It seems to me that being multilingual is seen with suspicion in many areas of the country. There does not seem to be any groundswell of interest to learn a foreign language. If it were not for H.S. and College graduation requirements, there may even be less of an interest in languages in the U.S.

No wonder Spanglish persists!

hey everybody

to be honest
in my opinion theres nothing wrong that a person is not bilingual.
im tri-lingual by chance,and thats good.i think we shouldnt critize a person based on being a good monoglot or not.
if spaniards are not bilingual in general that dont mean ****.
anyway my relatives in ortigueira and alcala de henares know 5 languages.english,galego,espanol,francais and theyre now very fluent in portuguesh